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A dual-qualified lawyer convicted of beating a man in a confrontation at the Royal Opera House has been handed a harsher sanction by a Bar disciplinary tribunal than the SRA.

Women whose health has been damaged by vaginal mesh implants should be not forced down “such an adversarial route” as taking legal action against the manufacturers, peers have argued.

A barrister convicted of harassing his former partner with a barrage of “very abusive, insulting and irrational” emails has been suspended for nine months by a disciplinary tribunal.

A tribunal has struck out a discrimination claim brought by a disabled barrister over failed applications for judicial appointment because he was not eligible for the posts.

A solicitor who failed to advise clients adequately over the high risks of buying and subletting rooms in care homes has been fined, with the newly qualified who worked with him rebuked.

An employment tribunal has comprehensively rejected a former Rosenblatt partner’s claim that he suffered discrimination on the grounds of race and for making a protected disclosure.

A leading tax law chambers has failed to convince a tribunal that rooms occupied by barristers are individual properties for the purposes of business rates.

A mere 135 cases had been allocated to the intermediate track by the end of June, while delays for the other tracks remain close to all-time highs, according to new figures.

A member of IT staff at City giant Ashurst who stole two laptops from the firm and sold them on has been banned from working in the profession.

The High Court has refused 14 search providers permission to appeal a ruling dismissing an overcharging claim against the nine English water companies.